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IDNO:: 030157
Title:: Merger Committee of A.F.L and C.I.O Signs Agreement
Date:: 1957
Description:: "Merger Agreement Signed- Culminating months of negotiations between W. Va State Federation of Labor (A.F.L) and the W. Va State Industrial Union Council (C.I.O), representatives of both groups formally sign an agreement on September 24, 1957 which paved the way for the merger convention on November 22, 1957. Shown (seated, left to right) are Benjamin W. Skeen, S.F.L secretary-treasurer; E. A. Carter, S.F.L president; Oscar L. Davis, I.U.C president and Miles C. Stanley, I.U.C secretary treasurer;(standing, left to right) Rene V. Zabeau and James Q. Papas, S.F.L vice-presidents; Rezin Hudkins, John Lambert and Charles Hess, I.U.C vice-presidents."

IDNO:: 030158
Title:: Signing of AFL-CIO Merger Agreement, Teamsters Hall
Date:: 1957/09/24
Description:: Left to right, Benjamin W. Skeen, secretary-treasurer of the State Federation; Eugene A. Carter, unidentified, unidentified.

IDNO:: 030159
Title:: State Federation of Labor Members at Convention in Clarksburg, W. Va
Date:: 1956
Description:: Back Row: Brewer, Holbert, Papas, Heury, Zabeau, Kennell, Hoffman; Middle Row: Skeen, Armstrong; Front Row: Carter, Quinet?

IDNO:: 030160
Title:: No Time for School in 1911- Child Miners Group before Child Labor Laws
Date:: 1911
Description:: "No Time for School in 1911- Shown is a typical group of youngsters, aged nine to fourteen, at the end of a ten-hour shift in a W. Va coal mine in 1911. A day's wages averaged 50-75 cents. Known as 'breaker boys,' these children worked six days a week breaking up large chunks of coal, picking out slate and other impurities, and greasing coal cars. The A.F. of L. fought for passage of effective child labor laws to prohibit such exploitation of youthful workers in many mines, mills and factories."

IDNO:: 030161
Title:: William Kirk of Charleston, W. Va.
Date:: 1957
Description:: Former Vice President of Federation, Charleston City Building Inspector, 1957.

IDNO:: 030162
Title:: Guy Hoffman, Sixth District Vice President
Description:: Resigned August 1957; Replaced by Jess Shumate, Ironworkers 301, Charleston.

IDNO:: 030163
Title:: Editorial Board for Book on the History of the W. Va. State Federation of Labor
Description:: "The full membership of the Editorial Board, which includes Maurice Fancher and Rene V. Zabeau, and the authors discuss the first chapter of the book."

IDNO:: 030164
Title:: Authors Sign Contract for Book about History of the W. Va. State Federation of Labor
Description:: "Evelyn L. K. Harris and Frank J. Krebs are shown in April, 1958 signing a contract for preparation of manuscript for the book, 'From Humble Beginnings, W. Va State Federation of Labor, 1903-1957.' E. A. Carter, Benjamin W. Skeen and Glen Armstrong (standing, left to right), members of the Trustees and Editorial Board of the W. Va Labor History Publishing Fund, look on."

IDNO:: 030165
Title:: Senator Chapman Revercomb with Cherry Blossom Princesses
Date:: ca. 1957
Description:: 'West Virginia Cherry Blossom Princess - Miss Eleanor Cook of Holden (second from right), West Virginia's princess in the Cherry Blossom Festival, is greeted by Senator Chapman Revercomb (R-WVA) at his Washington office. Miss Cook is flanked by two of her West Virginia attendants, Mrs. Jacquelyne Blake (standing next to the Senator) and Miss Sandra Waggy of Charleston. Both Miss Waggy, who represented West Virginia in the Miss Universe Contest in 1954, and Mrs. Blake are secretaries in Revercomb's office. Miss Cook, daughter of Mrs. Henry H. Cook, Sr., of Holden, is employed as a receptionist for an insurance firm in Washington.; --From Gene Scott'